Wringer



V. GEHRLEIN April 16, 1929.

WRINGER Filed Sept. 29, 1927 A TTORNEYS.

Patented' pr. 16, 19,29.

UNITED STATES PATENT lOFFICE.

VINCENT GEHBLEIN, F ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO LOVEL'Ll-IANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

WRINGER.

nppneati med september 2a, 1927. serial No. 222,825.

This invention is directed to the improvement of the top barconstruction of clothes wringers, particularly clothes wringers havingmetal frames. Features and details of the invention will appear from thespecification and claims. i

A preferred exemplification of the invention is illustrated intheaccompanying draw- Y ings as follows :-J

partly in section.

Fig. 2 a section on the line 2-2 in 1. Y

"Fig 3 a section on the line 3`3 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 a sectional View showingoneendof 1.5 l the top bar and itsconnection with the stlle.

Fig. 5 a top view of the end and stile. y Fig.l6 a section on the line6-6 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 atop view of the one ,end of the wringer. y

1 marks the base of the wringer, 2 the side stiles. The side Stiles areformed of channel having the outer face 3 and sides 4. Wringer rolls 5are of ordinary construction, the lower roll being carried by bearings 6arranged in 25 the side stile and movable bearings 7 operating againstthe upper roll and likewise be# ing slidingly mounted in the sidestiles. `A spring 8 rests on the bearings 7 and a tension screw 9operates on the central spring. The screw extends through a nut 10 andis provided with an'operating handle 11. The nut is swivelled in aitting 12 fixed in the 'top bar, this fitting having an openingreceiving the nut and provided with projections 13 forming a doublekeyhole slot. The nut has projections 14 which are adapted to passthrough the slots 13 so as to release the nut from the en agement ofthefitting. A handle 15 is' xed on the upper end ofthe leased andconsequently a safety release is provided for the wringer. This operatesin a manner similar to the release device described in theMisner-Reissue Patent,- No. 15,865, June 24th, 1924.

A top bar 16 is of channel sliape having a top plate 17 "and sideflanges 18. The ends 19 are closed in continuation of the ange; thewhole'top bar being formed in a single integral stamping. vIn order topermit of the drawing of the metal to easily make the end closures thelside anges are cut away at 2O equal to the Width of the side stiles.Thus n .thehousing eliect ofthe top bar is maintained Fig. 1 shows afront elevatin of a wringer nut. By turning the handle 15 the nut isre-` -between the vstiles andrthe drawing between into, its finalposition, the top bar housing the Aopen ends of the stiles.

' At the free, or op osite, end ofthe top bar I provide a quicketachingmeans so that the top bar may bev readily assembled, or

serviced. To accomplish this I provide the two ears 23 -which are struckout of the side flanges 4 of the stiles, these :forming shoulders whichare engaged by the latches 24, the latches being arranged at oppositesidesof the wringer and pivoted on a top bar by means of screws 25. Thelatches at opposite sides are connected by a bail 26 which extendsaround the end of the wringer so that they are both swung together. Anextension 27 on the latch forms a lever by means of which it may bereadily swung out of engagement, the extension having a finger piece 28extending outwardly from the frame. n

I am aware that top bars of wringers have lbeen made secured at one sideand having means of engagement at the opposite end. Such devices in someinstances provide a safety' release device but this structure has aservicing feature particularly in connection with a relief devicemounted directly on the bar.

What I claim as new is 1. In a wringer, the combination fof a side stileof channel form having` a lip struck out of the outer face of thechannel forming a shoulder; a top bar of channel'form havi ing a 'closedend, the end having a notch struck out forming a shoulder interlockingwith the shoulder on the bar; and means se curing the opposite end ofthe bar vto al stile, said means permitting the engagement of theshoulders and the swinging of the free end of the bar into securingposition.

2. In a wringer, the combination of a side stile of channel form havinga lip struck out of the outer face of the channel forming a.

shoulder; a top bar of c hannel form having a closed end, the end havinga notch struck out forming a. shoulder interlocking with the shoulder onthe bar; and means securing the opposite end of the bar to a stile, saidmeans permitting the engagement of the shoulders and the swinging of thefree end of the bar into securing position, said means comprising alatch'.

3. In a wringer, the combination of side stiles; rolls mounted in theside Stiles; a tension device operating on the rolls; a top barDISCLHME- of channel form arran ed over 4the Stiles, said stiles and topbaraving interlocking shoulders at one end and a quick detachable meanssecuring the opposite end of the bar; and a safety release devicereleasing the tension device, said release device having means operativeupon an initial operation to subsequently release the tension on therolls mounted in the top bar. s

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

VINCENT GEHRLEIN.

moana- Www Gehr'lein, Erie, Pa. WRINGER. Patenudated .April 16, 1929.Disclaimer filed June 17, 1940, by the assignee, Lovell ManufacturingHereb enters this disclaimer to claims 1 and 2 of said patent.

v[dirmi Game July 9, 1940.]

